Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose - Julia Donaldson

From a very early age my daughter and I have enjoyed sitting and looking at books together. Not only is this a nice way to bond with your child but research shows a connection between reading to preschoolers and their language development, with them having greater language understanding and larger vocabulary. Thats what I tell my husband anyway when Im buying yet more books! The real reason I have to confess however is that I am a bookaholic and therefore my daughter's room has its own mini library! This book is one of our favourites at the moment! This 24 page book features a simple tale of a group of animal friends who are about to enjoy a meal together. ...  Read the complete review

This children's book is all about a group of animals having a meal together. It's a rhyming book, and each line has two rhymes in it which gives it a nice musical feel e.g. 'What can I smell asked shy Gazelle. "Macaroni" says Shetland Pony. This is an example of how little text there is on a page, but also of the fast pace of the rhyme which means it's more like a song than a story. The story itself is so simple and silly that I didn't really like itmuch. The only thing going for it is the way it rhymes, which makes it nice to read, and gives it a musical quality that many other books lack. Indeed, poetry as a whole seems to be disappearing from ...  Read the complete review

It might seem a strange idea, a band of animals ranging from a gazelle to a moth getting together to have a meal of macaroni and carrots followed by chocolate mousse, but in the realm of children's books anything is possible. Julia Donaldson has in fact created a wonderful book bursting with rhyme, adjectives and the idea of differing personalities in Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose. The title is actually based on a line from one of the pages and the alliteration probably makes it the most obvious one to have been chosen. On each page we meet a different animal, and there is one line of text at the top where the animal makes a comment on the meal they are ...  Read the complete review

***The Author & Illustrator*** As with quite a few of her books, Julia Donaldson has paired up with Nick Sharratt to put together this wonderful rhyming book. Julia Donaldson is such a popular author that I’m sure most of you out there with young children will have seen one of her books, if not actually own a few yourselves. Her most well known book has to be the Gruffalo but she has also written lots of other fantastic books such as Conjuror Cow, The Snail and the Whale and Wriggle and Roar. ***The Story*** Told in rhyme this book is all about a group of friends, getting together to eat a meal. It ...  Read the complete review

This book is written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. It was published in 2005. The book is a story about lots of different animals who are eating a meal. It's a very simple book in that none of them have any manners at all and are grabbing bowls, licking plates and not sharing with each other. There is hardly any text on the top of each page but it rhymes which makes it rather easy for the adult reader as you can almost preempt what is coming next. This is also appealing for the child as they can learn it very quickly. The illustrations are what make this book in my opinion. Each animal is drawn out in a very cartoon ...  Read the complete review